During this year’s legislative session, there has been discussion about “punitive damages.” As a consumer protection lawyer who helps people defrauded by big corporations, I know the proposed changes ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's (Seventh Circuit) decision in Curry v. Revolution Laboratories, LLC, 124 F.4th 441 (7th Cir. 2024), has drawn attention to the interplay between ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that $2 million in punitive damages was sustainable due to the conduct a Connecticut town displayed while preventing the opening of a group home ...
"The court's opinion makes it clear that the conduct of the defendant was reprehensible. The court reduced the amount of punitive damages, not because of the nature of the conduct, or because of the ...